Peggy Fikac

Perry’s trip had a state purpose, but a couple of videos floating around the Internet show some of the fun. One documents his trip to Ferrari headquarters, showing him photographing, riding in and driving the fancy little sports cars — and calling Ferrari “the greatest name in automobile manufacturing.”

Another is his interview with British racing driver Martin Brundle, an analyst for Sky Sports, at Monza (highlighted on “Texas Monthly’s” TM Daily Post under the headline, “Rick Perry’s Excellent Italian Adventure”).

Brundle, walking away after getting perhaps more of an enthusiastic earful than he bargained for from Perry, said, “Well. You’d vote for him, wouldn’t you? I think you’d have to. Blimey. Chew your ears off.”

“I’m a big believer that no matter who you are, or what office you’re running for, you should be as transparent as you can be with your tax returns and other aspects of your life,” Rick Perry said yesterday, “so that people have the appropriate ability to judge your background and what have you.”
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“A U.S. senator from Texas can be 100 percent conservative with a 100 percent conservative record, and so we demand more,” said Brendan Steinhauser of former U.S. House Majority Leader Dick Armey’s FreedomWorks group, which is backing Ted Cruz.
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“The feds have basically said this is the amount of money we are going to spend. So if you are going to spend it, why don’t you let us spend it in a way that we think is better for Texas, as opposed to loading up our Medicaid program?” said state Rep. John Zerwas, R-Richmond.
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In Texas, Democrats and left-leaning groups celebrated the Supreme Court’s health-care ruling and called for state officials to get to work on embracing it while Republicans pinned their hopes on repeal or reform. Here’s what they had to say: Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott cast the ruling as a victory — all except the part […]
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Lobbyist and consultant Bill Miller senses disappointment among tea party stalwarts about Perry’s choice.“They are all in on Ted Cruz,” Miller said. “That doesn’t make him (Perry) not a tea party person. It makes them pine for the guy that was with them.”
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“And I’m not going to let anyone run negative ads on me that are not true without making sure the voters understand who he is, just like I’m trying to explain to the voters who I am – remind them who I am,” Dewhurst said.
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Ted Cruz proclaimed Monday that the battle for the GOP nomination for the U.S. Senate is a two-man race between him and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst. “We’re headed to a runoff,” Cruz told a forum that Dewhurst skipped, devoting time instead to Dallas.
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